Lionel Scaloni He stressed that the match against Venezuela “does not meet the conditions of play” due to the accumulation of water on the ground, which hampered the fluidity of the match, after a draw on the ninth day of qualifying for the 2026 World Cup.
“You can’t play. We did what we had to do, but the conditions of the field of play were not for a two-choice spectacle of the level of this,” the Argentina coach expressed.
When a match cannot be played it cannot be played
Likewise, it is clear that it was possible to play the match a day later than scheduled, after heavy rains that delayed the start of the match by half an hour and left the ground soaked. “When a game can’t be played, it can’t be played,” Seal said.
Despite the draw, he emphasizes that Argentina is “doing well” at the competitive level. “The team is always competing. Then, logically, as we always say, you can play better or worse,” the coach said.
It’s very difficult, the game becomes very ugly, very stuck. We cannot give two consecutive passes
Before Scaloni, Leo Messi, At the foot of the field, he also shouted against speed’s condition from the huge Maturin: “it’s very difficult, the match becomes very ugly, very stuck. We can’t do two passes in a row. In the second half a little more, but it’s as difficult to play as. We had to play another match for which we were not prepared.”
